8 Jan 1996 Jerusalem, (Reuter) - The head of Israel's Shin Bet resigned Monday just three days after the killing of a wanted Palestinian bombmaker recovered some of the damage the secret service suffered from the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The man, identified by his initial "kaf," remains in office until a successor is appointed, Israel Radio said. His predecessor, Yaacov Peri, is now president of one of Israel's two cellular telephone networks. -- 8 Jan 1996 Jerusalem (AP) -- The booby-trapped cellular phone that killed an Islamic militant was delivered by a longtime informer for Israel who was paid $1 million for helping, media reports said Monday. A fugitive for three years, Ayyash was hiding in the home of Osama Hamad, his friend from college days. Hamad said he warned Ayyash in the summer that his uncle, Kamal Hamad, may be an informer for Israel. Hamad said his uncle gave him a cellular phone so he could be found easily. A day before Ayyash was killed, his uncle asked for the cellular phone, took it and returned it later, requesting that it be kept on at all times, Hamad said. Israel's security services apparently deceived Kamal Hamad, telling him they had planted a bug in the phone, rather than explosives, the radio said. Media reports said that the explosion was set off by remote control when Ayyash answered a call to him. It is not known how the identity of Ayyash was ascertained. --